Photos: America mourns shooting victims

December 16, 2012

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Soldiers pay their respects at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook elementary shooting, Monday,Dec. 17, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Authorities say a gunman killed his mother at their home and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life, on Friday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Associated Press

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Soldiers pay their respects at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook elementary shooting, Monday,Dec. 17, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Authorities say a gunman killed his mother at their home and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life, on Friday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)